Paul Begala: Palin’s “about a half a whack job”
posted at 9:20 pm on August 14, 2009 by Allahpundit
Comment bait on a slow Friday night. She’s had a good week and The One’s had a bad one and someone’s clearly a very cranky boy about it. Note, too, his effusive praise for Gingrich as a set-up for his nasty attack on Sarahcuda. That’s a favorite tactic of Begala’s, framing himself as “reasonable” and nonpartisan so that the rhetorical groin-punch that follows stings more. See, e.g., his kind words for Michael Steele as a prelude to calling Rush Limbaugh a “corpulent drug addict.”
As for Newt’s advice to Palin: “Write a book”? Set up a shop inside the Beltway? Except for number four, any Hot Air commenter could have offered the same wisdom. When did Newt suddenly turn so prosaic? Stop phoning it in, bro!
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The forehead….too bad it ate his brain. Anyone listening to this guy should see their doctor. You’re brain dead.
HornetSting on August 14, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Heh, he’s just trying to agitate the Palinistas.
Spathi on August 14, 2009 at 9:22 PM
“What does Bill Clinton think about it?”
Chris_Balsz on August 14, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Begala is fugly.
nina on August 14, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I wonder if he thought that up all by himself?
KelliD on August 14, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I cant look at him
..the shine
of baldness..
blatantblue on August 14, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Obama Inc. is desperate. They’re calling in the B Team.
Fletch54 on August 14, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Well if the Joker thing is racist, this is sexist.
Terrye on August 14, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Well that sure makes a lot of sense. Pretending (and Belalini can apparently read minds too!) that “half a whack job” is s a serious person is something he admires. Must be on account of personal experience and heredity on his part.
MB4 on August 14, 2009 at 9:26 PM
bless his heart.
toenail on August 14, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Begala is one more reason the jackass is a fitting mascot for the Democrat Party.
CP on August 14, 2009 at 9:27 PM
I think he meant to say that she’s a crack shot.
She hit the hell-scare bill just where she was aiming.
Joan of Argghh on August 14, 2009 at 9:27 PM
battleoflepanto1571 on August 14, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Obama’s health care initiative is tanking big time and the lefty toolbags can’t get Sarah off of their minds.
Smell the fear.
fogw on August 14, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Begala on the other hand is a very sane brilliant man…
d1carter on August 14, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Ya well, she PWNED Obama’s a$$ with a simple phrase, “Death panel.” So what’s that say about Obama and the entire Leftist Brain Trust – ROFLMAO! PWNED by somebody they consider and Idiot. Reagan must be smiling in Heaven!
TheBigOldDog on August 14, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Begala is a full whack job.
bill30097 on August 14, 2009 at 9:28 PM
The good news in this for you, Paul Begala, is that your status as a full whack job remains unchallenged.
FlameWarrior on August 14, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I swear all these men are scared of her because she has more “balls” then they do put together.
Confident women scare liberal men period.
gophergirl on August 14, 2009 at 9:28 PM
+1
bill30097 on August 14, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Paul who?
OhioCoastie on August 14, 2009 at 9:29 PM
The Democratic Party is at war with Americans.
They call us Nazis … they call Palin a slut. Some douche on O’Reilly tonight said she’d be dating Flav-O-Flave in a few years.
They are giving the American People the Palin treatment. That’s the way they roll.
The Democrats are the enemies of the people. Never forget – these scumbags disenfranchised our troops in the Florida recounts in 2000.
Prostitutes have more class than Democrats. The Supreme Leader has more morality than they do – not to mention – he’s heaps smarter than they are.
HondaV65 on August 14, 2009 at 9:29 PM
So Begala criticizes her as an “intellectual lightweight,” just as her criticisms of the healthcare bill play a significant role in having provisions stripped out of a bill libs had denied were there. Oh, and she’s got Rahm’s brother in a tizzy for calling him out on rationing, etc.
Yeah, we believe you, buddy. Not.
cs89 on August 14, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Ah, speak of the devil, Billy Jeff’s personal slime thrower.
Pure scum in a suit.
reaganaut on August 14, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Absolutely right – and they ripped that part out of the bill right after she said the term “Death Panel” … so they say what they will – but she had them jumping to her tune in only HOURS … I’d like to see another Republican who’s done that.
She is the one that got them to retreat from that portion of the bill. And they did it quickly.
HondaV65 on August 14, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Sarah tried to warn them
But they held their snotty noses up high
All the time she warned them
But they only passed her by
She tried to tell them
But I guess they didn’t care
They turned their gutless backs and
Left her standing there
All the destroyed parts of America that have fallen after him
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everything Obama trashed each time he closed a freedom door
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
Obama tried to get me to take a job a while ago
When I finally saw it was just printing more fiat money for his thugs and moronic cronies I didn’t want to go
The nation the Founding fathers gave to me
The rabid fascists just tore it all away
Now there’s nothing left for me to say
All the destroyed parts of America that have fallen after him
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everything Obama trashed each time he closed a freedom door
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
When years have passed they’ll start thinking
What fools they’ve been
They’ll look back into the past and
Think of way back then
They’ll know that America lost everything they thought that it could win
I guess they should have listened to their friends
All the destroyed parts of America that have fallen after him
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everything Obama trashed each time he closed a freedom door
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
MB4 on August 14, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Gee Paul, you make me fell so stupid for liking this woman.
If only I had a little of your good judgment, maybe I could see what you see in that
whackhack of a president that you endlessly drool over.b3026 on August 14, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Lot of effort being made to discredit an irrelevant political figure. Imagine if Sarah Palin actually mattered anywhere.
/sarc
Left Coast Right Mind on August 14, 2009 at 9:33 PM
My guess is Begala has to pay for a full whack job. Probably pays extra to have the “lady” wear glasses and put her hair up.
reaganaut on August 14, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Well, at least the guy sticks to his shtick.
Techie on August 14, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Maybe he’s been Newtered.
……..
(C’mon, someone had to do it.)
Hawkins1701 on August 14, 2009 at 9:33 PM
sniff sniff what’s that smell? Smells like… desperation.
Ampersand on August 14, 2009 at 9:34 PM
full whacker
bestwins on August 14, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Ah, the forehead… he is mean bitter man. I can’t wait to see that forehead explode in Nov 2012 when we elect Madame President Palin….
This troll is getting old real fast AP. At least Poptech, The Wall/Final Cut, etc were interesting….
davek70 on August 14, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Well, thank goodness CNN honcho Jon Klein got rid of those simple-minded radio talk show hosts who see the world in such extremes.
Now this is the type of sophisticated and sober analysis we want from a network.
I understand that Jack Cafferty agreed with Begala.
Finally, news and analysis for the smart set.
SteveMG on August 14, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Paul Beluga
bestwins on August 14, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Love it, and welcome back.
daesleeper on August 14, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Well, he also thinks Obama’s doing a great job, so, you know, not much of a track record there for calling it like it is.
Rational Thought on August 14, 2009 at 9:39 PM
After drinking from a rancid potion of Paul Begala’s, Saul Alinsky’s, Jeremiah Wright’s, Nancy Pelosi’s, the enabling sycophant MSM’s and his own creation, Barack is transformed into the cruel, remorseless, evil Herr Hussein, representing the hidden side of Obama’s dual nature brought to the fore. Barack has many friends and can affect a pleasing personality, but as Herr Hussein he becomes more and more dictatorial, encourages slander and then violence and becomes ever more fascist like as time goes by as the Herr Hussein side of his dual nature continues to grow in dominance. After taking this rancid potion repetitively, he no longer needs to rely upon it to unleash his fascist demons.
Sigmund on August 14, 2009 at 9:39 PM
You know she is scaring the living daylights out of them when CNN and PMSNBC/MSLSD spend hours of programming time (more than FOX actually) discussing her. Too bad no one watches them…
davek70 on August 14, 2009 at 9:39 PM
That guy looks like a squash faced douche
Sugarbuzz on August 14, 2009 at 9:39 PM
“About half a whack-job” might more accurately describe his former boss, Hillary, after her melt-down in Africa.
Wethal on August 14, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Speaking of ‘whacking a job’,Paul Begela was busy
defending the Sexual Predator of the Oval Office
during the ‘Oil Change ‘years,of Monica the Mechanic,
nuff said!!
And,if Paul Begela has a hate on,for SarahCuda,you
dam(n) well know,she was,is and gouing to be very
effective!
Speaking of Whacking the Job,which reminds me,ahem,
paging Chris ‘The Tingle’ Matthews!!
canopfor on August 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Ironic that Begala has sold his soul to the Democrat Party, and yet his forehead is still available for advertising space.
I think we’ve found where GEICO, Procter & Gamble, Sargento and Progressive Insurance are going to be running their new commercials.
Left Coast Right Mind on August 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Speaking of “whack jobs”…that’s exactly what you’ll get if you mess with Begala’s people. He fits right in with the Axelrod – Emanuel – Daly thugs from Chicago. PS: You know Palin is having a tremendous affect and bothering the Democrats something wicked when she gets all this much attention. They’re trying very hard to make her a non-factor – now, 2010 and 2012. If it were not so, Begala wouldn’t give her a seconds worth of his oratory.
GoldenEagle4444 on August 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Why do all these democrat talking heads spend so much of their time on a whack job, whose only future is on VH-1 trying to get a date with FlavaFlav?
lonestar1 on August 14, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Now you’ve done it. I’ll have that tune in my head all night with visions of Eastwood, Savalas and Oddball floating by.
Fletch54 on August 14, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Hey Paul….I’ve got just 2 words for you….Up Yours!
ohiorebel on August 14, 2009 at 9:44 PM
The dems and their spokestools are getting a two-fer. They have polarized the nation, and are uniting the right with many in the middle. Cheers.
ICBM on August 14, 2009 at 9:44 PM
he maybe cranky, cause he got up on the wrong side of democracy this am
cmsinaz on August 14, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Oops,should be going,not gouing!
canopfor on August 14, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I put Begala in the same camp as Lawrence O’Donnell, though he’s a bit more mature than the Terrible Twos O’Donnell is stuck in. Begala’s more an evil teen with his first thesaurus: bigger words, and whines less.
sulla on August 14, 2009 at 9:44 PM
My guess is, he and the lady exchange clothes.
fogw on August 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM
been watching Oreilly huh?
Ampersand on August 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Palin mentions “Death Panels”………
……… Obama, et al, deny they exist.
Palin posts a ‘Face Book’ slam dunk………
……… “Death Panels” are removed from the Senate bill.
Paul Begala goes on the attack………
………. Palin, whilst laughing at this man with obviously small genitals, wrestles with her burly husband, asking;
:O)
Ssssssswwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!
Seven Percent Solution on August 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM
If she is such a “whack job” then let her keep talking…. it’s no big deal, right?
If she is such a “whack job” then why waste the energy devoting time to her? Huh?
The more they whine, the more desperate they look.
PrincipledPilgrim on August 14, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Truly you have a dizzying intellect, Paul. Be careful not to knock your full, overstuffed head as you fall impotent (metaphorically dead) in mid-laugh.
Miserable vomitous mass.
justincase on August 14, 2009 at 9:47 PM
My guess is Begala has to pay for a full whack job. Probably pays extra to have the “lady” wear glasses and put her hair up.
reaganaut on August 14, 2009 at 9:33 PM
My guess is, he and the lady exchange clothes.
fogw on August 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM
fogwa: Mom jeans come to mind,haha:)
canopfor on August 14, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Why is Begala “The Forehead” important?
Newt is the favorite of liberals and democrats. He is like what McCain was to them before he got the nomination.
Now Newt is touring with Al Sharpton at the behest of Obama on education reform.
Why do we want Newt for advice or to be our nominee?
Hell no.
Sarah is best doing her own thing. She is successful so far.
cubachi on August 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
They all remind me of the pathetic jilted boyfriend, weepily eating cheetos on the couch, saying “I don’t care about her…” over and over.
Remember; She’s not relevant (but, people turn out in droves to see her.)
She can’t write (but, they read what she writes.)
She’s finished (but, she’s still here, and is starting to impact the discussion.)
massrighty on August 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Politics is a blood sport. Begala, at one level, is envious that Palin has achieved a level of which he can only dream.
That explains his bitchiness.
Drained Brain on August 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Sounds like the Left are seeking a Whack Job Stimulus Package,ahem!!
canopfor on August 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
A cornered rabid rat named Begala
A cornered rabid rat named Begala
See how he does scurry so desperately around
See how he does scurry so desperately around
He chases after Lady Sarah with all the bile formed in his pathetic little life
Just wait till lady Sarah cuts off his latest foul tale with a carving knife
Did you ever think you would see such a thing in your life
As a cornered rabid rat named Begala?
Cheshire Cat on August 14, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Well Half Whack job Palin just kicked the Full Whack job Obama’s ass all week on Facebook no less.
Imagine Palin’s ability to destroy Obama if she actually got dressed and left the house?
Palin could destroy Barry wearing a full mud mask, curlers in her hair, and 2 cucumbers over her eyes.
portlandon on August 14, 2009 at 9:50 PM
. . . and Begala is a large pile of camel dung.
rplat on August 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
heh
William Amos on August 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I hope he thanks God personally for Sarah Palin. She’s the best thing to happen to the GOP in a long, long time.
alliebobbitt on August 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
He’s pissed that SaraCuda shot and gutted Obama and his health plan with her ‘death panel’ portrayal.
Go Sarah.
txdoc on August 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
LOL excellent
cmsinaz on August 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Since many of you are so uncharitably calling attention to Begala’s ghastly forehead, I guess it’s probably safe to say that this guy gives new meaning to the phrase “talking head.”
In fact, there’s enough room between his brows and hairline that some creative CNN makeup artist could easily draw a mouth, nose and pair of eyes on it. Begala could trademark that look and go on these shows, offering himself as a two-fer.
FlameWarrior on August 14, 2009 at 9:53 PM
It would be so nice to run the Clinton trash out of DC in 2012. That’s change!
alliebobbitt on August 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Paul Begala needs to find a job he’s qualified to do. Maybe cleaning up horse shit in Central Park. On second thought, no, that would be too complicated.
GarandFan on August 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
An insult to camels
b3026 on August 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
You want to know what you are, Paul Begala? Huh? Huh? You don’t, I do, everyone does… … you’re the son of a thousand fathers, all cowardly little rat bastards like you.
Tuco on August 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
This news must have gone viral. Sarah’s Facebook is gaining about 1,500 supporters an hour right now.
Ted Torgerson on August 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Is it me or does Begala look like the type of guy who frequents San Francisco bath houses?
mizflame98 on August 14, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Nicely done, old fraud. Nicely done. I don’t understand how you got a “banned” legend started, but congratulations on that, too.
You’ve earned your legend. *salutes*
RushBaby on August 14, 2009 at 9:56 PM
If Palin’s “about a half a whack job” then what does that make Paul Begala? An escaped mental patient?
Seriously though, personal attacks, ridicule and name calling seem to be the lefts main response to the criticism of their Health Care policy at the moment. I was watching The Factor earlier and they had some Democrat hack on who used to write speeches for Biden, Who made some lame comment that he expected to see Palin on MTV’s Flavour of Love in a couple of years time because that’s how serious he takes her as a politician.
Hellrider on August 14, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Did anyone check out O’Reilly with Laura Ingraham hosting and the segment with Amanda Carpenter?
Did you see the horrid sexist Democrat on that segment? How he expects to see Palin on Flavor of Love with Flava Flav?! UNBELIEVABLE.
John the Libertarian on August 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
heh
William Amos on August 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
William Amos: “Whackless Job” Pelosi!!hehe:)
canopfor on August 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
OT and HA beat me to it on their homepage
cmsinaz on August 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Paul Begala gives off a serious pedophile vibe. The guy just exudes utter creepiness.
It’s not his politics either. If you turn the volume off and watch him you’ll get the feeling you wouldn’t want to leave your kids with this guy for a minute.
Just something about him.
Khorum on August 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Why are these people so upset? They have the world on a string, presidency and both the House and the Senate. And not by just a little bit either, they can do anything they want. They don’t much act like winners.
Cindy Munford on August 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
It’s like the “(formerly) corpulent (former) drug addict” says, the Left can always reliably pick our winning candidates if we just learn to listen to them properly.
ddrintn on August 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
There are worse things than being a low life political hack, Begala. With my little ring I can take you apart molecule by molecule and then put you back together again. And maybe I put you back together right and maybe I don’t. But you’ll be alive and conscious for every second of it.
HalJordan on August 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
For someone who is such a “non-issue” and “intellectual lightweight”, people sure can’t stop talking about Sarah. In high school we called that petty jealousy.
Esmerelda on August 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Before he called her a whack job.
Now half a whack job.
Sarah Palin just kicked that fools ass, you betcha.
oldyeller on August 14, 2009 at 10:04 PM
..leaders are first ignored, then ridiculed, then opposed, and then followed…Mahatma Ghandi
IlikedAUH2O on August 14, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Why are you hanging around San Francisco bath houses?
I disagree with Begala admiring Gingrich for any reason. And Palin isn’t half a whack job, she’s a whack job, period!
Norman Blizter on August 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM
An Indian respects a brave man but he despises a coward like Paul Begala.
Hinmahtooyahlatkek on August 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM
We’re at the ridicule stage with Palin. Gawd I hope we don’t get to the follow stage or we’ll end up like that movie,Idiocracy.
Norman Blizter on August 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Ask not for whom the asylum bell tolls, it tolls for thee.
MB4 on August 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Paul Begala? Never heard of him.
clement on August 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Fails to matter any more. Sarah has decided who Sarah is and there is little or nothing the left can do except throw empty words at her from now on. It’s all been said, it’s all been done and the left has nothing in the way of unique ammunition remaining to use, about all they can do is go on repeating themselves. It’s her game now even if she is playing from the bottom of the deck for the time being. Go Sarah!
jeanie on August 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
A hack’s hack. Who cares. What else can he say?
Palin has written the most compelling critique of the healthcare plan of any conservative.
rrpjr on August 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Some times I’m proud of my rep. That was one of theml
Thanks hadn’t seen it.
HoustonRight on August 14, 2009 at 10:09 PM
They have video of it up at C4P at the moment.
Hellrider on August 14, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Let me guess, the other half’s a racist?
redzap on August 14, 2009 at 10:10 PM
If she is harmless why is he commenting….really he should reserve his comments for Important people like Meghan McCain. Has Paul Begala figured out that New Media isn’t anything like Old Media?
Dr Evil on August 14, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Compelling only to a neanderthal or barbarian.
Norman Blizter on August 14, 2009 at 10:10 PM
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